The June 10- and 20-City Composite Case-Shiller Home Price Indices are set to be released tomorrow, and here at Zillow we’re forecasting that the 20-city, non-seasonally [...] (more…)
By Robert Freedman, Senior Editor, REALTOR® Magazine
A few months ago we heard from real estate practitioners about a short-sale contract addendum that lenders were requiring of borrowers to curb fraud, so we talked with David Sunlin, Bank of America senior vice president and operations (more…)
Rental properties can be great investments, or security nightmares. Whether you’re a landlord who lives down the street, or an out-of-state (or out-of-country) real estate investor, [...] (more…)
In this issue: FHA to Adopt Uniform Appraisal Dataset; Uniform Appraisal Dataset Goes Into Effect (more…)
Every week we track the number of homes on the market that have offers on them and those that do not and create a ratio we call Pending Ratios. This weeks numbers were great with all areas either remaining stable or up in pendings.
As of Saturday, August 27th, the pending ratio in (more…)
This custom-designed home features an Army bed, velvet furniture and princess room. (more…)
National Association of Realtors pending home sales.. ..a drop of 1.3% over July. Not a big drop but, not an improvement either. The Case/ Shiller housing index numbers are being released tomorrow..we are expecting to see a continued drop in home values with very few exceptions, Washington (more…)
Now is the time to finish up those home improvement projects sitting at the top of the to-do list before it hits Labor Day and the beginning of fall. (more…)
By Robert Freedman, senior editor, REALTOR® Magazine
The economic news continues to be bad but there’s one area that’s benefitting from the bad news: Elko, Nev. That’s because the town of about 20,000 is the gold mining capital of the United States, and as the economy goes (more…)
By Ben Holubecki, STML Realty, Glen Ellyn, IL Most residents give little thought to how they communicate with their property manager or landlord. Considering that nearly [...] (more…)